My father related: The maamar Va'eira...ushmi Hashem, discussing the idea that "none of them will be repelled" - (not the maamar with this title which is printed in Torah Or) acquired the name, "the frum - ('G‑d-fearing')1 Va'eira." The Alter Rebbe would repeat it every three years, each time almost verbatim. The Tzemach Tzedek said, "Each time there was a new light." "My father commented: Or, light, is always the same, but maor, luminary, is always like something new.

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